Journal Reviews

Positive practical communication skills for medics

1 March 2017 | | communication disorder, medical students, person-centred care, speech-language pathology students, supported communication

Communication training for medical students generally focuses on communicating with unimpaired individuals. This article describes how a speech and language therapy department at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden trialled a new approach to teaching medical students. Fifty-nine undergraduate medical...

Voice impairment following spinal cord injury

1 January 2017 | | activity, communication, participation, speech, spinal cord injury, voice

Patients with cervical spinal cord injury face several clinical problems. One of the problems is voice impairment secondary to poor respiratory support. Their syllables per breath, vocal intensity and vocal quality are impaired. This paper studied the impact of the...

Difficult consultations with HPV-positive oropharnyeal cancer patients

1 May 2016 | | communication, health professionals, human papillomavirus (HPV), oropharyngeal cancer, qualitative research

The aetiological role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is well established, and its incidence has massively increased over the last decade, whilst the incidence of HPV-negative OPSCC is declining. Although we know that HPV-positive OPSCC...

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